Startling revelations on Teoh Beng Hock’s death
By Air Kosong
While the media (Malaysiakini and TheStar among them) has been focusing on “80% chance of homicide causing the death of TBH”, I believe that should not be our focus.
True, “80% chance of homicide” is significant enough and therefore should make the headline. But, how many rakyat Malaysia can grapple well with “homicide” and “80% chance”?
But the following revelations by the renown Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand came as a shock to me:
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“the injury to [Teoh's] anus could have been caused by penetration with an object before his fall” – After two rounds of fabricated sodomy charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, has our authority become so obsessed with anus?!
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“Teoh’s skull fracture was not typical of an injury from a fall” – It can only mean that poor Beng Hock, prior to his deadly fall, could have his head banged against the wall or floor, or had a heavy hard object knocked against his head.
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“The autopsy report indicated that he was alive when landing on the ground, but she found no protection injuries on the body.” – She basically objected the government’s theory that Teoh was alive when he fell (to support the claim of suicide). I take it that “protection injuries” means injuries sustained during the fall out of human instinct to protect himself, such as injuries to the legs for trying to land with them. Such injuries are crucial indication that the deceased was alive before impact to supprot the claim of suicide.
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“the marks on Teoh’s neck indicated the possibility of ‘manual strangulation’” – It means Beng Hock was strangled on the neck, usually to cause suffocation from breathing.
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She found wounds that looked like pre-fall injuries. At least one or more MACC officers had harmed Beng Hock bodily hours before his tragic death.
Three months after his death, such revelations are as shocking as ever. And even make the case for justice ever more louder! When will the government drag Hishamuddin Bin Hashim, deputy head of MACC Selangor and the one exposed by fellow colleagues, to the witness stand?
Justice for Beng Hock!
